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FDA Consumer, May-June, 2006

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How's your knowledge of health topics such as medical devices, product recalls, prostate cancer, and restless leg syndrome? Find out by taking our quiz.

Hint: The answers to all of these questions can be found in the May-June 2006 issue of FDA Consumer (and at the bottom of this page).

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1. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is:

a. the most rapidly spread cancer

b. the most common form of cancer

c. the deadliest form of cancer

d. the mildest form of cancer

2. The prostate gland is:

a. round

b. pear-shaped

c. walnut-shaped

d. oval

3. What are the three main problems that occur in the prostate gland?

a. inflammation, enlargement, and cancer

b. thickening, thinning, and cancer

c. stretching, inflammation, and cancer

d. shrinking, enlargement, and cancer

4. Which sensation typically describes restless legs syndrome?

a. burning

b. tugging

c. tightening

d. like insects crawling inside the legs

e. all of the above

5. How many individual products make up today's medical device industry?

a. about 3,500

b. nearly 5,000

c. about 50,000

d. nearly 100,000

e. more than 200,000

6. How many reports of problems, or adverse events, related to medical devices are received by the FDA each year?

a. nearly 50,000

b. about 150,000

c. about 180,000

d. more than 200,000

e. nearly 270,000

7. A free computer-based tool can help people organize their family health histories related to what common diseases?

a. multiple sclerosis, lung cancer, hepatitis, alcoholism, and asthma

b. heart disease, stroke, diabetes, colon cancer, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer

c. heart disease, diabetes, lung cancer, arthritis, lupus, and clinical depression

d. obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, hypertension, leukemia, and Crohn's disease

8. How many FDA-regulated products were recalled in 2005?

a. about 580

b. about 1,450

c. about 2,200

d. more than 5,300

9. Class I recalls are the most serious type. Most Class I recalls in 2005 concerned:

a. drugs

b. veterinary products

c. food

d. devices

10. Which of the following statements is false?

a. All recalls involve returning the product to the place of purchase.

b. Most recalls of FDA-regulated products are voluntary.

c. The FDA can take legal action against companies that don't carry out a recall effectively.

d. The FDA requests that recalling firms submit status reports.

11. What is the name of the FDA's initiative to advance the development of new and better medical treatments?

a. The Product Push

b. The Main Roadmap

c. The Fast Track

d. The Critical Path

Your Score is: []

Scoring

9 to 11 points: Excellent! Go to the head of the class.

5 to 8 points: Not too bad. You can skip cleaning the chalkboard erasers today.

4 points and below: Oops! Stay after school and reread the appropriate chapters.

Answers to the FDA Consumer Quiz

1. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is: b. the most common form of cancer

2. The prostate gland is: c. walnut-shaped

3. What are the three main problems that occur in the prostate gland? a. inflammation, enlargement, and cancer

4. Which sensation typically describes restless legs syndrome? e. all the above

5. How many individual products make up todaya[euro][TM]s medical device industry? d. nearly 100,000

6. How many reports of problems, or adverse events, related to medical devices are received by the FDA each year? c. about 180,000

7. A free computer-based tool can help people organize their family health histories related to what common diseases? b. heart disease, stroke, diabetes, colon cancer, breast cancer, and ovarian cancer

8. How many FDA-regulated products were recalled in 2005? d. more than 5,300

9. Class I recalls are the most serious type. Most Class I recalls in 2005 concerned: c. food

10. Which of the following statements is false?

a. All recalls involve returning the product to the place of purchase.

11. What is the name of the FDATM initiative to advance the development of new and better medical treatments? d. The Critical Path

Scoring

9 to 11 points: Excellent! Go to the head of the class.

5 to 8 points: Not too bad. You can skip cleaning the chalkboard erasers today.

4 points and below: Oops! Stay after school and reread the appropriate chapters.